Michael and Yang-Hui talk about geometry’s role in both the history of math and contemporary science and discuss where our intuition for math comes from and where it’s going.
They also talk about their own journeys of mathematical discovery and what the arrival of AI means for the future of human mathematicians.
Michael loves reading essays on math history, like one by Freeman Dyson called “The Scientist as Trickster.”
Yang-Hui talks about how important the concept of “intuition” is in math and how it plays a big role in the way he thinks about math.
They also discuss how, while some math may get done by AI, there’s value in teaching the generalist some mathematical rigor, for sharpening the human mind.
